CHP appoints Lia Spiliotes as CEO
Great Barrington — The board of Community Health Programs (CHP) has named interim CEO Amelia “Lia” Spiliotes as its permanent CEO following a national search for a long-term leader.
Spiliotes, who has served as interim CEO for the past year, was among three final candidates considered for the position. Spiliotes’ healthcare administration experience, leadership style and background running federally qualified health centers were key factors in the board’s decision. As interim CEO, Spiliotes immersed herself not only in CHP’s day-to-day operation but also evaluated the overall organization and guided operational and strategic planning for the long-term health of CHP, according to CHP’s board chair Jodi Rathbun-Briggs. During the past year, Spiliotes guided the assimilation of primary care practices in Adams and North Adams into the CHP organization, as well as the addition of the CHP Neighborhood Dental Center in Pittsfield. She also helped to expand the board from seven to 12 members.
Spiliotes, a native of Long Island, was most recently a partner with Cambridge Management Group. She is a graduate of Smith College and the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Berkshire Children and Families appoints acting executive director
Pittsfield — Berkshire Children and Families (BCF) has appointed Diane Robie to the position of acting executive director, filling the vacancy caused by the recent death of president and CEO Carolyn Mower Burns.
The senior vice president at BCF, Robie joined BCF in 2015 after 20 years of experience serving children, families and communities in Vermont. Her expertise extends from program start-up to consulting, teaching and training. She was an instructor at the University of Vermont, conducting trainings for prospective foster and adoptive parents, and was adjunct faculty at Springfield College, teaching Masters-level courses in organizational transformation, human services delivery, and policy and alternatives. While in Vermont, Robie was an active member in state and regional advocacy groups for foster and adoptive families. Since moving to Pittsfield, she has become involved with a number of local initiatives including the Pittsfield Youth Commission, Berkshire Compact for Education, United Way committees, Working Cities and other community groups.
BCF’s board has appointed a search committee to identify a permanent replacement for Burns, who died on Nov. 16 after a brief illness.
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NPC elects new board members
Great Barrington — Barbara Campbell of Alford and Denise Roszkowski of Lenox have joined the board of directors of the Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires (NPC).
Campbell has an art therapy background and has worked for many years with children with learning disabilities. She is an artist in her own right, creating charm jewelry for local nonprofits to sell, and also volunteers for several nonprofits. Roszkowski has a finance background and recently completed a graduate degree in nonprofit management and philanthropy. She is an active volunteer and consultant.
Campbell and Roszkowski will serve in addition to the original seven members who helped launch the NPC in April of this year.
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Barrington Stage welcomes new director of advancement
Pittsfield — Barrington Stage Company welcomes Ashley Pirsig as its new director of advancement. Pirsig joins the Barrington Stage team having previously served as director of development at Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina and assistant director of development for Virginia Stage Company in Norfolk, Virginia. Additionally, Pirsig has worked in marketing and development for Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Lyric Stage in Dallas and Huntington Theatre Company in Boston. Ashley has a BFA in musical theatre from Emerson College and an MBA and MA in arts management from Southern Methodist University.
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Spring Burke receives Five Star Mortgage Professional Award
Lakeville, Conn. — Salisbury Bank has announced that Spring Burke has been chosen as a 2017 Five Star Mortgage Professional award winner and will be featured in the March 2017 issue of Connecticut Magazine.
To receive the Five Star Mortgage Professional award, a mortgage professional must satisfy five objective eligibility and evaluation criteria and the applicable state licensing requirement and be in good standing. The final list of Five Star Mortgage Professionals includes less than 7 percent of the mortgage professionals in a market.
Burke has worked in the banking industry f in different roles for more than half of her life. She has received the Five Star Mortgage Professional Award five years in a row for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
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